2011 · Current Biology
Polyphenism in Insects
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411 papers in total2011 · Journal of Insect Physiology
Evaluation of potential reference genes for reverse transcription-qPCR studies of physiological responses in Drosophila melanogaster
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2008 · Current Biology
Collective Motion and Cannibalism in Locust Migratory Bands
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2006 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Cannibal crickets on a forced march for protein and salt
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2010 · Biological Control
Colonization of crop plants by fungal entomopathogens and their effects on two insect pests when in planta
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2015 · Biological Control
The endophytic fungal entomopathogens Beauveria bassiana and Purpureocillium lilacinum enhance the growth of cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and negatively affect survival of the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa zea)
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411 papers in total2026
- From solitude to swarms: The behavioral biology of locustsElsevier eBooks · 1 citations
- Rearing, dissection, and temporal transcriptomic profiling protocols to study density-dependent phenotypic plasticity in the genus SchistocercaSTAR Protocols · 1 citations
2025
- The behavioral mechanisms governing collective motion in swarming locustsScience · 66 citations
- Disruption of HaVipR1 confers Vip3Aa resistance in the moth crop pest Helicoverpa armigeraPLoS Biology · 15 citations
- Genomic patterns of strain-specific genetic structure, linkage, and selection across fall armyworm populationsBMC Genomics · 9 citations
- Selection of stable reference genes for accurate reverse-transcription quantitative PCR in cotton-herbivore studies using virus-induced gene silencingScientific Reports · 5 citations
- Areawide susceptibility of Spodoptera frugiperda to four common chemical insecticides in the southern U.S.Pest Management Science · 2 citations
- Pangenomics Links Boll Weevil Divergence With Ancient Mesoamerican Cotton CultivationMolecular Ecology Resources · 1 citations
- Editorial: Magnetobiology and chronobiology: new opportunities for smart phytoprotectionFrontiers in Plant Science · 1 citations
2024
- Rapid Adaptation and Interspecific Introgression in the North American Crop Pest Helicoverpa zeaMolecular Biology and Evolution · 21 citations
- Assessing fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) allochronic behavior as a predictor of local strain composition in United States populationsFrontiers in Plant Science · 7 citations
- Identification of a novel resistance gene which provides insight into Vip3Aa mode of action in Helicoverpa armigerabioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 5 citations
- Reversal of practical resistance in fall armyworm to Cry1F maize: a case report on the resistance to susceptibility in Bt crops from the southeastern USAJournal of Pest Science · 5 citations
- Anisotropic interaction and motion states of locusts in a hopper bandProceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 3 citations
- Past, Present, and Future Applications of Molecular Tools in Landscape-scale IPM: Fall Armyworm as a Case StudyCABI eBooks · 2 citations
- Pangenomics Links Boll Weevil Divergence with U.S. Cotton Cultivation1 citations
2023
- Using genetic comparisons of populations from Arizona, Mexico, and Texas to investigate fall armyworm migration in the American southwestPLoS ONE · 8 citations
- Source tracing of Anthonomus grandis captured in areas of the USA where the species had previously been eradicatedJournal of Pest Science · 7 citations
- Probing Transcriptional Crosstalk between Cryptochromes and Iron-sulfur Cluster Assembly 1 (MagR) in the Magnetoresponse of a Migratory InsectInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences · 6 citations
- Fungal seed treatments of cotton affect boll weevil developmentPest Management Science · 5 citations
- Amplicon Sequencing of Plant Material Links Cotton Fleahopper to Host PlantsThe journal of cotton science/Journal of cotton science · 3 citations
- Rapid evolution of pesticide resistance via adaptation and interspecific introgression in a major North American crop pestbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2 citations
- A New qPCR Assay for the Rapid Diagnosis of Anthonomus grandis SubspeciesInsects · 1 citations
2022
- Patterns of genomic and allochronic strain divergence in the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)Ecology and Evolution · 26 citations
- Development of RNAi Methods for the Mormon Cricket, Anabrus simplex (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)Insects · 24 citations
- Sexual repurposing of juvenile aposematism in locustsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 19 citations
- Quantity versus quality: Effects of diet protein-carbohydrate ratios and amounts on insect herbivore gene expressionInsect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 17 citations
- Physiological and transcriptional immune responses of a non-model arthropod to infection with different entomopathogenic groupsPLoS ONE · 16 citations
- Potential Distribution of Wild Host Plants of the Boll Weevil (Anthonomus grandis) in the United States and MexicoInsects · 15 citations
- A Beneficial Plant-Associated Fungus Shifts the Balance toward Plant Growth over Resistance, Increasing Cucumber Tolerance to Root HerbivoryPlants · 14 citations
Research in numbers
From OpenAlex- article151
- reference entry27
- preprint10
- book chapter6
- conference paper4
- Springer eBooks26
- Journal of Insect Physiology11
- PLoS ONE9
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)8
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences7
- John B. Heppner276
- John Lowell Capinera182
- Rami Kfir78
- William A. Overholt57
- Marjorie A. Hoy52
Experience and education
Universities
2018The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2005 to 2012The University of Sydney
2011Texas A&M University System
2007Kansas State University
1999 to 2000University of Oxford
1993 to 1996University of Arizona
Industry and labs
2003 to 2023Agricultural Research Service
2017Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005 to 2010Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory
2003 to 2010United States Department of Agriculture